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Fatal Plesiomonas shigelloides septicaemia in a splenectomised patient
R B Clark1, G R Westby, H Spector
1Department of Pathology, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA 19013.
The Journal of Infection
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case of fatal Plesiomonas shigelloides septicaemia is reported in a splenectomised patient. One week prior to his illness the patient was exposed to river water that was potentially contaminated with plesiomonads. Autopsy findings indicated that the plesiomonad may have invaded the blood stream through the terminal ileum.